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Philpott trial timeline

Mairead and Mick Philpott were found guilty of manslaughter following the deaths of their six children Photo: PA

13 March 2006

Mick Philpott tells ITV News Central his council house is not large enough to fit his fifteen children, wife and pregnant girlfriend. He appeals to the council to find him a new home.

22 March 2006

National coverage following Mick Philpott's demands leads to some of his benefits being frozen. Tabloids dub him "Shameless Mick" for his claims and refusal to get a job.

7 March 2007

Mick Philpott becomes a father for the eighteenth time. A few weeks earlier his seventeenth child, Jayden, (one of the children killed in the house fire) is born six weeks premature.

22 August 2007

Mick Philpott discusses living with 11 of his children and his wife and mistress in the ITV programme 'Ann Widecombe versus the benefit culture' as the former Conservative MP moves in for a week.

February 2012

Lisa Willis moves out of the Philpott home on Victory Road, Allenton, Derby. She takes her five children, four fathered by Mick Philpott, with her.

11 May 2012

Emergency services are called to a house fire on Victory Road in the early hours of the morning.

Five children - Jade, John, Jack, Jesse and Jayden are pronounced dead.

Duwayne Philpott is taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital and is said to be in a serious condition.

Lisa Willis and another man are arrested in connection with the fire. Miss Willis is later released.

The six children who died in the Philpott fire Credit: ITV News Central

12 May 2012

A special service is held in memory of the five children who died in the house fire. It takes place at St George's Roman Catholic Church where the Philpott family are members.

A collection is started by friends and family in memory of them.

13 May 2012

Duwayne Philpott becomes the sixth child to die due to the house fire in Derby after his parents agree to allow his life support system to be switched off.

Derbyshire Police confirm the fire was started deliberately.

15 May 2012

Residents of Allenton set up a trust fund to help pay for the funerals of the Philpott children and to find the couple a new home. A £5,000 reward is offered by local owners for information leading to a conviction.

Police begin bugging the Philpotts' room at the Premier Inn in Derby.

16 May 2012

Mick and Mairead Philpott speak in public for the first time at a media conference.

They thank the community for their support and promise they will donate the organs of one of their children in the hope some good can come from their death.

18 May 2012

An inquest into the children's deaths is opened and adjourned at Derby Coroner's Court.

29 May 2012

Mick and Mairead Philpott are arrested this morning on suspicion of murder.

The funeral of the six Philpott children takes place Credit: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

5 November 2012

45 year-old Paul Mosley is arrested and charged with the murder of the six children.

6 November 2012

Paul Mosley is remanded into custody at Derby Magistrates' Court.

8 November 2012

Mick and Mairead Philpott plead not guilty to six counts of murder at Nottingham Crown Court. Mosley appears alongside them in the dock but does not enter a plea to the same charges.

17 December 2012

The Philpotts and Paul Mosley have their charges amended to manslaughter. The Philpotts appear via video link at Birmingham Crown Court and deny the charges.

12 February 2013

Prosecutors in the trial tell the court it was a 'plan that went horribly wrong.'

13 February 2013

The mistress of Mick Philpott, Lisa Willis, takes to the stands and claims he beat her "five to 10 times" on her legs, back and arms with a piece of 2x2 wood after he disputed the identity of her baby Jordan's father.